Monday, October 5, 2015

AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

EXCLUSIVE: Subway riders injured in G train derailment claim they were victims of funding feud between NYC and MTA in new lawsuit

MTA boss Thomas Prendergast's blaming of Mayor de Blasio for failing to properly fund the subway system may come back to haunt him.

'I BECAME THE TEACHER': Chilling statement of suspect, 14, accused of raping, killing educator

Alleged teen killer Philip Chism was charged with rape, robbery and murder after his algebra teacher, Colleen Ritzer, was found dead in the woods behind Danvers High School in Mass. in 2013.

North Korea releases detained NYU student after 6 months: report

EUO 3TP MNDTY JPNOUT Joo Won-Moon, a 21-year-old South Korean citizen, will be dropped off in the border village of Panmunjom at 5:30 p.m. local time, the Yonhap News Agency wrote citing the Unification Ministry.

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Pennsylvania teen goes missing after car breaks down: family

Facebook photo of Selena Knepper Forman, 18, who was last seen Saturday night, October 3, 2015, driving a dark red and black Honda. Her family says the car broke down on the road and she has not been heard from since. According to her family, Selena is about 5' and 100 pounds. Selena Knepper Forman’s family has not heard from the Lower Paxton Township woman ever since she called and said she was having problems with her Honda, WHTM-TV reported.

Las Vegas mom, 8-year-old son killed by neighbor who turns gun on himself: authorities

Lex Donoso, 8, and his mom Jennifer Bagley Donoso, both of Las Vegas, were shot to death on October 2, 2015,, by a neighbor near their home on the 7200 block of Hardtrack Circle, near east Warm Springs and Paradise roads, according to Metro Police. This photo is from a GoFundMe page for the remaining family. A man shot and killed his neighbor before turning the weapon on himself and her son as Las Vegas cops rushed toward his home, reports said.

EXCLUSIVE Experimental cancer drug gives single dad a second chance at life: 'I’m almost back to my old self'

A NJ single dad battling bladder and brain cancer now believes he'll be able to see his daughter graduate from high school, thanks to an experimental treatment at Mt Sinai. Lee Eric Newton, who grew up in Queens, started searching the web for options after doctors told him he could not handle more chemotherapy, and found a clinical trial that he was able to join - getting a new immunotherapy drug that has been designated a "breakthrough therapy" by the FDA. His doctors presented the preliminary results of the trial last week, finding that 27% (27of 100 people) responded to the medicine and 92% of people continued to respond. By comparison, only 10-13% of people in studies of chemotherapy responded. The hope is that more people will respond to cancer immunotherapy and that the immune system will learn to continue attacking the cancer for long periods of time. After four years of battling cancer, single dad Lee Newton knew he’d run out of time. Diagnosed with an invasive tumor in his bladder in 2010, he fought through years failed treatments.

Debbie Reynolds dishes on Hollywood playboys in tell-all

LOVETT: N.Y. senator who chairs Labor Committee owns firm charged with breaking labor laws

Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver enters federal court in Manhattan, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in New York. (Louis Lanzano / for New York Daily News) A concrete company co-owned by the head of the state Senate Labor Committee has been sued numerous times for alleged labor violations.

'Rent Is Too Damn High' candidate helps hawk Pelzer’s Pretzels in new ad

Jimmy McMillan as a puppet in a commercial for Pelzer's Pretzels - video is titled "Pelzer's Pretzels "The Rent is Too Damn High!" Version 2 " The real McMillan — who has mounted unsuccessful runs for mayor, governor and other offices — does the voice for a puppet character made in his likeness in the ads set to debut on NY1 Monday.

RUIZ No felicidades amid injustice during Hispanic Heritage Month

A U.S. border patrol officer sits in his vehicle along the border with Mexico near San Ysidro, California February 25, 2015. U.S. Senate leaders took a tentative step on Tuesday that could avert a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, but it was unclear if House Speaker John Boehner and restive conservatives would support a new concession to Democrats. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MILITARY) - RTR4R6EI Hispanics — including the almost 2.4 million who make New York City home —— don't have much to celebrate.

More items ‘consistent’ with missing El Faro ship recovered

U.S. Coast Guard members retrieve a life preserver ring from the cargo ship El Faro in this still image from a October 4, 2015 U.S. Coast Guard handout video. Search and rescue teams on Sunday located debris which appeared to belong to the El Faro, which went missing in the eye of Hurricane Joaquin with 33 mostly American crew members aboard. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS Coast Guard rescuers found more items Sunday that likely came from El Faro — but still have no sign of those on board.

Depp 'worried' about daughter Lily-Rose’s career progress

Hillary Clinton to announce gun control proposals following Oregon college shooting

0 Clinton plans to use a pair of campaign stops in New Hampshire on Monday to detail her plans to "better protect Americans from gun violence," according to her campaign.

Queens bus-crash culprit had crack cocaine in his car: cops

A Q113 bus was traveling east on S. Conduit Road in Springfield Gardens at 9:30 p.m. October 3, 2015, when a white four-door sedan traveling south on Guy R Brewer Blvd. ran a red light and turned left into its lane. The perp's car in the police pursuit that allegedly caused the bus collision is a white Chrysler 200 (PICTURED), according the home's residents. Chevon Parchment, 24, was picked up after sending the bus on the collision course in Springfield Gardens late Saturday, according to authorities.

Florida teen surfer gets bitten by a shark, punches it back

A teenager was bitten by a shark while surfing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida on Sunday October 4, 2015. A teen surfer fought off a shark in Florida, but not before it bit off a chunk of his hand on Sunday morning.

Phoenix highway drive-by shooting suspect held in Arizona

An undated photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Christopher Hoffman. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, that Hoffman, 36, admitted to shooting at another vehicle on a metro Phoenix freeway. Authorities do not believe the incident is connected to a string of recent freeway shootings. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP) Christopher Hoffman, 36, was booked on charges including drive-by shooting and possession of a dangerous drug, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

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AUTOS

Lexus expands RC line to include 300 AWD and 200t

The 200t includes 241-hp and has 258 lb.-ft. torque. Lexus has expanded the RC coupe line to three trim and engine options for the second year of production.

GM debuts car sharing program: 'Let's Drive NYC'

General Motors is unveiling a new car-sharing program for Manhattan and calling it "Let's Drive NYC."

Production of new Checker cars could start in 2018

After decades of dormancy, the Checker car brand could soon be resurrected.  Checker Motor Cars has released concept sketches of what it calls the second generation of the famous former NYC cab brand.

10 things you didn’t know about the new Tesla Model X

A new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV is displayed on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. After several production delays, Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially launched the much anticipated Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. Tesla’s long-awaited Model X SUV is finally here, but it packs much more tech and wacky features than any other SUV before it.
New York

EXCLUSIVE Ex-worker on NYC affordable housing units alleges wage theft, sexual and racial harassment

Lafondra Brown knows there is a price to be paid in the push to build more affordable housing in New York City.

Man who left bizarre 'ISIS' kidnap note at Time Warner Center arrested

Pedestrians walk as vehicles drive past the Time Warner Center in New York, U.S., on Monday, July 21, 2014. Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox Inc. is considering using proceeds from the sale of its Italian and German pay-TV assets to boost its offer for Time Warner Inc., according to two people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Jonathan Lamptey, 34, of the Bronx, taped the note and the disc to the inside of a bathroom stall at the media center at 10 Columbus Circle on Wednesday night, police said.

SEE IT Latest transit union ad shows Bill de Blasio hopping the turnstile

TWU Advert - The ad from Transport Workers Union Local 100 — its third in a month — that appears in the Daily News on Monday tells de Blasio to “Stop farebeating New York City’s working families.”

City pol voices support for East River tolls in new traffic plan

TLC Chair Ydanis Rodriguez speaks at a TLC awards ceremony at BMCC theater on September 10, 2015. The ceremony recognized 150 drivers for outstanding safety. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) The head of the City Council’s transportation committee, Ydanis Rodriguez, voiced support for tolling East River bridges as part of the MoveNY plan from traffic guru Sam Schwartz.

Daily News photographers snap up awards from Newswomen’s Club of New York

A New York City police officer poses with two topless performers as another officer takes his picture with a cell phone in Times Square on Monday, August 17, 2015 in New York, N.Y. An out-of-control influx of near-naked women jockeying for tips has turned Times Square into the XXX-Roads of the World — shocking children and incensing legions of tourists and New Yorkers alike. The expanding cadre of topless talent — wearing only a thong, a thin layer of paint and a smile — fight it out with the usual cast of amateur Buzz Lightyears and Spider-Men for souvenir photographs at $10 to $20 a pop. (Julia Xanthos / New York Daily News) iPhone image Julia Xanthos won for best front page photo with her shot “NYPD & Desnudas” — which showed a uniformed cop posing between two of the topless, painted women who strut their stuff for tips.
LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Woman, 57, found dead, partially exposed, in Bronx Park bushes: police sources

NR A woman was found dead in the bushes in Bronx Park early Sunday with her upper body partially exposed, police sources said.

Woman found dead in SUV with a gunshot wound to head

NR A woman was found dead in an SUV with a gunshot wound to her head in the Bronx Sunday morning, police sources said.

N.Y. Assembly seat from Staten Island may remain empty for a year

MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco and Staten Island Railway Vice President Stepfone Montgomery were joined by local officials including Rep. Michael Grimm, Assemblyman Joseph Borelli, City Councilman Vincent Ignizio, and Borough President James Molinaro at a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the future Arthur Kill Station. The station, which is scheduled to be completed in 2015, will replace two others, Nassau and Atlantic, which are deteriorating and can only accommodate one train car. A unique feature of the station will be a 150-car parking lot, to be built across the street, the first such lot on the system. Current Assemblyman Joe Borelli is running unopposed for a City Council seat that was vacated when former Council minority leader Vincent Ignizio resigned.

Sen. Chuck Schumer blasts Congress for insufficient funds to track storms

AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE. THIS IMAGE MAY ONLY BE USED FOR 14 DAYS FROM TIME OF TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIVING; NO LICENSING. Schumer blamed underfunding of the national weather tracking system for miscalls about the path of Hurricane Joaquin — and warned problems could get worse because of cuts proposed by Congress.
Sports

Isola's Gridiron Grate: Kelly's Eagles disappoint again

Chip Kelly never claimed to be a defensive whiz.

Drew Brees throws 400th TD in OT to beat Cowboys

Drew Brees hit C.J. Spiller with a short pass that the running back turned into an 80-yard touchdown.

McCarron: Yankees face tall task with Astros' Dallas Keuchel

The Yankees are calling it a fresh start and, boy, that sure sounds nice, right?

Harper: Mets now set to push young guns to limit

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom, left, and New York Mets relief pitcher Tim Stauffer, and the Mets Curtis Granderson, leave the field after taking a walk around the field to thank fans after the Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 1-0 in their final regular season baseball game in New York, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) David Wright was asked at his locker about finally hitting the 90-win mark that had become fodder for so many jokes a year ago.

Pills prescribed to Carrey found at scene of ex's death: report

Canadian man breaks into home, feeds animals, does laundry

A police car is parked at the Days Inn in Revelstoke, B.C. on March 14, 2010. RCMP now say two men were killed in an avalanche that struck a group of snowmobilers in B.C., and not three as believed in the chaotic hours after the slide. Police are more optimistic about the possible death toll after canvassing hotel rooms throughout the night to try and determine how many people are missing following the slide. (AP Photo/Daniel Hayduk, CP) After breaking into a ranch in Kamloops, Christopher Hiscock got comfortable. He fed the cats, started the fireplace, cooked a meal, did laundry and wrote in the home owner's diary.

Homeless man, 32, clinging to life after being stabbed by another homeless man outside Midtown hotel: cops

The altercation occurred outside the Wyndham Hotel in Manhattan. The homeless victim was rushed to the hospital, where he was in critical condition. The other homeless man was arrested. A 32-year-old homeless man was fighting for his life after he was stabbed outside a Midtown hotel early Sunday, police said.

Raging Iran mourns stampede victims killed in last month's pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard carry the flag draped coffin of a pilgrim who was killed during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last month as thousands of mourners attend funeral services for some of the victims, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Iran has blamed Saudi authorities for the disaster, which heightened tensions between the two regional rivals. Saudi authorities say 769 pilgrims died in the stampede near Mecca in the worst disaster to strike the annual pilgrimage in a quarter-century. Iran appears to have lost the largest number of pilgrims, with at least 464 dead. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Thousands of mourners attended funeral services in Iran on Sunday for pilgrims killed in a stampede during last month's hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

3 Minn. children dead after two-story house fire believed to have started from unattended oven

Oven suspected in Minneapolis fire that killed 3 children on October 3, 2015. Three children died from a blaze believed to have been started by an open oven in Minneapolis late Saturday night.

THEY'RE IN VOGUE: Kendall, RiRi at mag's 95th party

Bernie Sanders’ stance on gun issues could cause issues during presidential race

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Des Moines Youth Summit, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Creative Visions in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) The Vermont senator opposed the Brady Act, the most important piece of gun legislation in the last two decades. He has voted against allowing victims of gun violence to sue firearms manufacturers.

Pope asserts marriage is between a man and a woman at bishops' meeting

Pope Francis raises the book of the Gospels as he celebrates the opening Mass of the Synod of bishops, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pope Francis opened a divisive meeting of the world's bishops on family issues Sunday by forcefully asserting that marriage is an indissoluble bond between man and woman.

Obama gives salute to fallen firefighters at annual memorial service in Maryland

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland October 4, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Obama spoke at the annual national memorial service in Emmitsburg, Md., and said those being remembered were heroes.

Syrian President Bashar Assad says U.S.-led fight against ISIS will cause turmoil in region

epa04963726 A handout picture made available by Syria's official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 04 October 2015 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an interview to the Iranian Khabar TV channel in the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria, 01 October 2015. The Middle East would face destruction if a regional alliance led by Russia against militants failed, al-Assad said in his first remarks since Moscow started an air campaign portraying it as aimed at fighting terrorism in his war-torn country on 30 September. Several Western powers backing rebels in Syria have repeatedly called for al-Assad - who has been in power since 2000 - to step down to end the country's conflict, which has claimed the lives of at least 250,000, according to the UN estimates. EPA/SANA / HANDOUT Syrian President Bashar Assad said that Russia's air attacks against terrorists must succeed or the whole region will be destroyed.

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Man dies after jumping in front of L train in Brooklyn: cops

A man jumped in front of an oncoming L train at the Jefferson station at Wyckoff Ave. in Bushwick, just before 5 a.m. Sunday. A man died after he jumped in front of an oncoming L train in a Brooklyn subway station early Sunday, police said.

Jim Carrey will travel to Ireland for ex-girlfriend’s funeral: report

Jim Carrey on Saturday Night Live (SNL) on October 25, 2014. Comedian Jim Carrey reportedly plans to travel to Ireland to attend the funeral for his ex-girlfriend, Cathriona White.

Two brothers killed, one as he came to the aid of his wounded sibling, after gunman opens fire on Staten Island street corner

The scene on Staten Island where two men, ages 27 and 28, were fatally shot at Targee St. near Vandebilt Ave. at 2:56 a.m. on Sun., October 4, 2015. The men were fatally shot on a Staten Island street corner early Sunday, witnesses and police sources said.

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE: MTA bus crashes into house during homeowner's 74th birthday party

A city bus crashed into a building in jamaica, Queens on Saturday, October 3, 2015. Numerous people were injured. (Photo by RLJR News) A city bus veered off a Queens road and into a two-story house to avoid a car involved in a police chase, officials and witnesses said.

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Chris Christie: I'd jump off a bridge before joining Congress

‘I would rather jump off the Brooklyn Bridge than be in Congress,’ the outspoken 2016 candidate said on ABC’s “This Week.” Chris Christie on Sunday equated being in Congress with a death wish.

REGULAR GIRL TALK: Porn star recruited by creepy softball coach says chat with team at Nyack College, a Christian school, wasn't sexual

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 17: Adult film actress Allie Haze attends the 2014 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 17, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic) A porn star who was enlisted to talk to a Christian college softball team didn't think there was anything out of the norm about the request.

Tenn. man captured at La. hotel after parents found dead

Daniel Lee Henry was captured tonight, on October 3, 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Jonesborough, Tennessee man was wanted by the TBI and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to face murder charges in connection to a triple homicide. Earlier today, Washington County deputies responded to a home in Jonesborough, after receiving a call from an individual in California stating Henry had killed his family. Upon arrival, officers found three deceased adults inside the home. Henry lived at the residence in the 100 block of Skyline Road, but was not found. A man wanted in the death of his parents and aunt has been captured holed up at a New Orleans hotel, local reports said.

6 U.S. airmen from Afghanistan plane crash identified

The six U.S. airmen, plus fivie civilian passengers and an unknown number of ground casualties, lost their lives when their C-130J crashed shortly after take-off from Jalalabad Airfield in Afghanistan on Friday. The Department of Defense identified the six U.S. airmen killed when an Air Force military transport plane crashed in Afghanistan Friday.

Sexually charged answers on 'Family Feud' incite viewers

Mark Kelly, Donald Trump weigh in on gun control debate

Mark Kelly, the husband of former Congresswoman and handgun violence survivor Gabby Giffords, is a vocal proponent of gun control reform. Gun control advocates took to the airwaves to push stricter firearms laws in the aftermath of another horrific mass shooting on U.S. soil.

'They went fishing everyday': Family mourns man who drowned when boat capsized during rainstorm in Jamaica Bay

One of the two men who drowned when their fishing boat capsized during a rainstorm never spent a day without a rod and reel in his hand.

PATIENTS BURNED IN THEIR BEDS: Doctors Without Borders withdraws from Kunduz after airstrikes

Doctors Without Borders/ M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) nurse Lajos Zoltan Jecs examines a sick child in Buthkak, Afghanistan, in 2013. He was in the Kunduz trauma hospital in Afghanistan when the facility was struck by a series of aerial bombing raids in the early hours of Saturday morning, October 3, 2015. Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn from its Kunduz post after an airstrike left patients burning in their beds at an Afghan hospital.

Trump still frontrunner in Iowa, N.H., but lead fading: poll

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to supporters as he leaves an event Saturday. Donald Trump is losing ground in his leads in the key early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, a new poll shows.

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Flash flood kills at least 16 people in French Riviera

A fireman comforts a sobbing man in Mandelieu-la-Napoule after a flood killed about a dozen people. A flash flood in the French Riviera have killed at least 10 people, including some trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home.

Dallas man arrested in murder-for-hire death of dentist: police

This Oct. 2, 2015 photo provided by the Dallas County Jail shows Kristopher Love. Dallas Police Maj. Max Geron said Love has been charged with capital murder in the Sept. 2 death of Kendra Hatcher, a pediatric dentist. (Dallas County Jail via AP) Dallas man arrested in murder-for-hire shooting death of dentist and an arrest warrant issued for a woman suspected of hiring him: police

BACK FROM THE DEAD! Brooklyn woman's Medicaid restored after she's mistaken for deceased

Selma Cohen, 87, lives at 1996 Ocean Ave. in Midwood, Brooklyn. Selma has been deemed deceased by a clerical error in the Medicade office and can not recieve her check to pay for rent, go to the doctor, and other necessities. In this photo, Selma Cohen sits in front of a stack of papers that she recieved claiming she can not get benefits. (Alex Rud/New York Daily News) Brooklyn woman who got a letter from the city claiming she was dead had her Medicaid restored.

OREGON MADMAN SUICIDE: Shooter Chris Harper-Mercer, who slaughtered nine at Umpqua Community College, 'planned his death'

Christopher Harper-Mercer said he planned to shoot himself after killing his innocent victims, a witness told the Daily News.
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Video Jazz Returns to Governors Island

The jazz age returned to NYC in the form of a party on Governors Island full with old time music, dancing and clothes.

VIDEO This Gramercy Park apartment looks like Downton Abbey

Unique, Tudor-style partment at Gramercy Park North features a one-of-a-kind interior. In this episode, Katherine joins Jason Haber of Warburg Realty for a tour of a unique Tudor-style apartment at 44 Gramercy Park North.
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